Winner comes out of hiding

For those who voted in the recent poll, or just love our birds, the tawny frogmouth has been named 2025 Australian bird of the year.

After being voted runner-up in 2019, 2021 and 2023, the master of camouflage finally claimed its rightful first place in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll, ahead of Baudin’s black cockatoo and the gang-gang cockatoo. Image: Bush Heritage Australia